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04.13.07
ACLU Launches Student Rights Guide
Visit by Mary Beth Tinker to Mark Introduction of Project
CINCINNATI– In conjunction with a visit by free speech activist Mary Beth Tinker, the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio will launch distribution of Students! Know Your Rights, a guide for young people on their rights while in school. The guide will be available for teachers and administrators to add to their classrooms and student Read more…
Student Rights
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04.10.07
ACLU Demands Department of Justice Investigate Death at Butler County Jail
HAMILTON, OH–The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Butler County Commissioners today urging them to launch an immediate and thorough investigation into a string of suicides at the Butler County Jail. On Sunday, Timothy James Hughes, 19, was found dead in his cell Read more…
Police Practices
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03.19.07
ACLU Says Changes at Board of Elections Long Overdue But Total Cleanup Needed
CLEVELAND–Today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio praised a decision by Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner to ask for the resignation of all four members of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. The county has long been plagued by election woes, culminating in the now-notorious 2006 primary election where polls were not open on Read more…
Voting Rights
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02.23.07
Judge’s Decision Chills Free Speech
Injunction Preventing News Station from Airing Story Tramples First Amendment
CLEVELAND—The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio decried a decision late Thursday afternoon by Cuyahoga County Judge David T. Matia preventing WEWS Channel 5 News from airing a story about Westlake area spa Belladerm providing medical treatment without a license. The spa asked for a temporary restraining order claiming the news reports were false and Read more…
Free Speech
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01.29.07
ACLU to Argue Landmark NSA Warrantless Surveillance Case Before Appeals Court
Activists and Targets of Surveillance Gather in Cincinnati
Media Advisory For immediate release CINCINNATI – A federal appeals court will hear arguments on Wednesday, January 31, in the landmark American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit challenging the National Security Agency’s warrantless wiretapping of Americans. Experts, activists and Americans who have been subject to government surveillance will also attend the hearing. A district court judge Read more…
National Security